Managing Cravings and Addiction: Urge Surfing Strategies

This on-demand workshop explores the role of cravings in addiction and teaches urge surfing - a practical, evidence-informed tool to integrate mindfulness into clinical practice.

Cravings—whether related to substances or behavioral addictions—are a common and powerful force that can derail well-being, hinder therapeutic progress, and contribute to cycles of relapse. Understanding the nature of cravings and how to respond to them is essential for effective addiction treatment and recovery support.

This workshop introduces urge surfing, a mindfulness-based technique that helps clients manage cravings with greater awareness and self-regulation. You’ll learn how to guide clients in observing urges without reacting impulsively, allowing them to remain present with their triggers, so they can build their capacity to be more intentional with their choices, and make healthier decisions, leading to greater well-being.

In this workshop, you will gain:

• An understanding of the role of cravings in addiction and unhelpful coping strategies.
• Latest insights into the research-based benefits of mindfulness on managing addiction and craving. 
• Guidance on how to apply the urge surfing practice + worksheet in client work and how to adapt it to different populations. 

Learning Lessons, Practices and Transcripts:

• How craving affects addiction and how urge surfing can help

• Urge Surfing Practice

• Application: Practical Approaches for Using Urge Surfing with Clients

• PDF Step-by-Step Guide to the Urge Surfing Practice + Worksheet
• Professional transcripts 

CE Hours = 1.5

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Featured Instructor: Dr. Farah Jindani, Professor, Clinician & Expert in Trauma-Informed Integrative Recovery

Farah Jindani, Ph.D., brings 17 years of expertise in mental health and trauma to her role as a clinician, educator, and researcher. She's renowned for her groundbreaking work at CAMH and with Harvard University in integrative treatments, particularly using Kundalini yoga to address post-traumatic stress.